TY - BOOK AU - Matthews,Victor Harold AU - Benjamin,Don C. TI - Old Testament parallels: laws and stories from the ancient Near East SN - 9780809156252 U1 - 221.9505 23/eng/20230818 PY - 2023///] CY - New York, Mahwah, NJ PB - Paulist Press KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Extra-canonical parallels KW - History of contemporary events KW - Sources KW - Antiquities KW - Middle Eastern literature KW - Relation to the Old Testament KW - Law, Ancient KW - Law KW - Middle East KW - Translations into English KW - History KW - To 622 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - "An exploration of the parallels between Old Testament texts and contemporary writings from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Middle East. The fifth edition expands on the first four with additional texts"-- ER -